Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-14
Court convenes in Rapid next Tues

For SASH, doors, ana WAL paper CALI
at Fred Heidepriem's.
Regular trains are no running on the
Homestake railroad.
Sioux City Gold Dust -four, the best
-four in Custer county, $3.50 per 100 lbs
at Cochran's.
The Cross mining district is now re-
ceiving the attention of Professor Car
penter.
Assaying done at Booth & Webster's.
Gold, $1.0O; silver, sI.00 gold and sill
yer, $3.50; copper 81 80; tin 81 90; nickel
$500.
The Golden Summit mill is now drop
ping fifteen stamps, and the outlook for
a rousing clean up in the near future is
most hattering.
Mrs. Mitchell is now displaying her
new and elegant stock of millinery goods
at Dickson's. Call and examine the
new styles.
F. O. Burton has been repairing and
otherwise improving the appearance of
is saloon building on the corner Of
Custer avenue and Sixth streets during
the week.
Say, jennie, where did you get that
hat? Why at Smith & Fitch's, where
do you suppose
Castle creek placcrs are producing a
large amount of gold. The yield for the
present season will, it is said, be largely
in excess of last years output.
Cochran again to the front liz lbs
%granulated sugar for $l.00, the cheapest
house in the Black Hills.
The newly organized brass band of
this place are daily expecting the ar
rival of their additional instruments
and music ordered some time since.
Ma Ma! Do you know Smith q Fitch
have got lots of boots and shoes for you,
and papa and Henry, and a pretty pair
for me?
Whats the matter with the Custer
City base ball club? Is it not time to
= wake up and resume the bat for prac-
tice in view Of adding to its brilliant
record of Sc?
Sioux City Standard -four, 1910 per
100 TBS. All other goods at correspond
ing low prices at Cochran's.
James Wier, of this place, is at pres
ent engaged in the construction of a
residence on Sixth street, which will
materially al to the appearance of that
part of the city.
The board of county commissioners
issued liquor licenses to dealers in this
/. place on Wednesday in accordance with
the terms of the new law fixing the
same at $500 per year.
Deputy County Assessor F. j. Y. Rut-
kowski has been engaged during the
week in assessing the property OF the
city, and James Scott has been similarly
employed in behalf of the city.
A very %perceptible change is notica-
BILE in this place in the past few days,
which, if continued, Custer will have no
reason to complain of dull times, or of
being ignored by the outside world.
Fishing for clubs in French creek is
now in order. The small boy, and the
sedate man, alike enjoy the facinating
sport, and while the game is not large,
or the catch extensive, a fair return in
amusement makes up the deficiency.
The official returns in the county
clerks office in this city show that Buff
falo Gap polled "a votes at the city cleo
ton on the End inst. The News sees
the return and goes it a hundred better;
but no one has ever been accused of
calling the News a reliable paper, SO far
as we can learn.
Gen. Steele Post No. "a Of this place is
making arrangements for celebrating
Memorial Day on the 30th inst. The
programme has not yet been prepared,
but as demonstrated on a previous oc-
casion Of this kind, the members are
equal to the task of making the occasion
interesting and impressive.
The trial of Lee, the colored man of
Hot Springs before Judge Lewis of this
place, for the larceny of a promissory
note and chattel mortgage OH Friday Of
last week, resulted in his being bound
over to await the action of the grand
jury. In default of bonds he was re-
manded to Jail, where he now remains.
Operations on the Avondale hydraulic
diggings, on Spring creek, seven miles
north of this place, were resumed on
Monday. The damage to the fiume by
q wind storm, which cause a delay Of
two weeks, having been repaired, Su-
p~erintendent McDermott anticipates
continuous operations during the sea-
son. with q flattering prospec. of sue